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"If companionship is a mandate for all of our experiences, then we will miss out on many of life's blessings."
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"What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!"

"A desire and a goal not to be subservient to another or to be in charge of one's life is a good thing to do."

"Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places."

"Because if it is to spite her,' Biddy pursued, 'I should think -but you know best- that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think -but you know best- she was not worth gaining over."

"When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself."

"He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone."

"There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all."

"In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world."

"When we stop looking for someone to complete us, we find completion in ourselves."

"No. I can survive well enough on my own- if given the proper reading material."
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"No map? No problem. Let commitment and determination lead the way."

"It's tempting to believe that a break from life's routine will only cause chaos. But regimen does not ensure security. The only constant we can count on is change."

"Adventure, opportunity and reward extend beyond our field of vision, and are made known to us only when we test our wings."

"The gift of solo moments is that they are wholly ours. On or off the road, solo moments connect us inward to ourselves with heightened clarity and insight. They also direct our energies out into the world, magnetizing us to new people and experiences we may not have encountered under any other circumstance."

"Take time for yourself. If you feel guilty eating lunch away from yourdesk or lingering in a bath, let the deprogramming begin."

"Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularlyso every stretch won't feel like your first."

"In 2006 I had begun the discernment process for locating my rightful geographic home. By the time my corporate pink slip arrived I had spent two years researching and taking recon trips to five different cities in southern California. Having crossed them off my list, in February 2008 I visited Sarasota, Florida, at the urging of a friend who winters in a neighboring town. Though Florida had never been on my radar, only minutes in Sarasota I knew I'd found home."

"No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me."
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